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bill: the last man to head the cia was leon panetta. petraeus took over from him when he took the job as defense secretary. now panetta was asked about the situation on his way overseas late last night. roll this. >> first, obviously it was a, it was a very sad situation to you know, have a distinguished career like that end in this manner, and my heart obviously goes out to him and to his family but i think he took the right step and i think it's important when you're director of the cia with all of the challenges that face you in that position that, you know, that personal integrity comes first and foremost. bill: so secretary panetta was also asked by reporters if the fbi should have alerted key members of congress about the investigation sooner? panetta saying that is something that should be looked at. martha: well the fbi is now preparing a timeline of its investigation to respond to lawmakers who think that they were told too late. this is it what we know so far according to a senior member of the obama administration. on wednesd
bill: the last man to head the cia was leon panetta. petraeus took over from him when he took the job as defense secretary. now panetta was asked about the situation on his way overseas late last night. roll this. >> first, obviously it was a, it was a very sad situation to you know, have a distinguished career like that end in this manner, and my heart obviously goes out to him and to his family but i think he took the right step and i think it's important when you're director of the cia...
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we have the director of national intelligence, the acting cia director. we also have a top deputy from the fbi. an undersecretary from the state department in addition to the head of the national counterterrorism center. this is the nation's hub for threat assessments in this country. what is most eagerly anticipated is the testimony of former cia director david petraeus. what we expect now that will happen on friday, martha. martha: fast nating to see how each of those sides, and david petraeus present what was going on and what their agencies were doing. then there is this big question, catherine, which john mccain is pushing for, a special investigation, a panel, a select committee to be put in place. is there any chance of that? >> reporter: well there seems to be some immediate pushback. to lay it out for folks. we have three senior senate republicans who believe the fallout from benghazi is so significant it is on par with some of the major scandals of american history. >> watergate investigation benefited from a joint select committee. iran-contra
we have the director of national intelligence, the acting cia director. we also have a top deputy from the fbi. an undersecretary from the state department in addition to the head of the national counterterrorism center. this is the nation's hub for threat assessments in this country. what is most eagerly anticipated is the testimony of former cia director david petraeus. what we expect now that will happen on friday, martha. martha: fast nating to see how each of those sides, and david...
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another barrasso wants to know if and why the former cia director would say that when cia personnel on the ground in libya knew within a day it was a terror attack. martha: a lot of questions from the map. there will be others on capitol hill today that will be briefing lawmakers. he was going to do that? >> one of them is the successor, michael morel, and he will be back today, the white house says lawmakers should be able to get what they need from michael morel. >> is called to testify. the president is confident that the acting director is fully capable of representing the cia in hearing about the incident and benghazi. reporter: also patrick kennedy will brief members of the homeland security committee today. martha: molly, thank you so much. bill: president obama will meet today with about a dozen business executives to lobby their support for his plan to avoid falling off that cliff. among the executives at today's meeting, the president's jobs council meeting. charlie gasparino has more. how are you, sir? good morning to you. have you confirm that valerie gerbil had this meetin
another barrasso wants to know if and why the former cia director would say that when cia personnel on the ground in libya knew within a day it was a terror attack. martha: a lot of questions from the map. there will be others on capitol hill today that will be briefing lawmakers. he was going to do that? >> one of them is the successor, michael morel, and he will be back today, the white house says lawmakers should be able to get what they need from michael morel. >> is called to...
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when i was with petraeus just before he got the cia announcement when he went from the army to the cia he would have had to under tkpwhoe undergo another security investigation. they would have had a polygraph test, standard procedure for anybody going into the via and the first question they ask you is there anything we don't know about in your past that could be a cause of embarrassment? that would have come out. that was 18 months ago. so somebody in the personnel department of the white house, or the fbi, or at the cia at a very high level would have known about this alleged affair. so why sit on it for so long? why all of a sudden have it come out? if the fbi is investigating the head of the cia you've got to believe that somebody at a high level in the white house and at the fbi was made aware of this. you don't investigate one cabinet officer investigating the other without the president nothing. martha without president knowing. martha: what do you think of the friction between these two agencies. >> there may be historical friction but they are far too professional, both of th
when i was with petraeus just before he got the cia announcement when he went from the army to the cia he would have had to under tkpwhoe undergo another security investigation. they would have had a polygraph test, standard procedure for anybody going into the via and the first question they ask you is there anything we don't know about in your past that could be a cause of embarrassment? that would have come out. that was 18 months ago. so somebody in the personnel department of the white...
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we'll two to the department of defense and we'll go to the cia put ultimately the government speaks with one voice. this administration can't blame this component or, it is like, a man blaming his foot if he is charged with kicking somebody. the president is in charge. he is the commander-in-chief. he is not the meteorologist in chief. he is the commander-in-chief. he said the minute i learned of this attack, which, presumes to me that it was while it was ongoing because it lasted for six hours, the minute i learned of it i issued a directive to secure or personnel. what assets did he put in the air? what troops did he send to benghazi to secure our personnel? what did he do? bill i will not have a chance to ask him the question but i would hope you and others in the media would hold him just as responsible. bill: we hope to that that opportunity. but drill down on this. what the administration has suggested in its public statement that is the attacks came without warning. do these cables directly undercut that in your view? >> well these cables in addition to two prior attacks on the co
we'll two to the department of defense and we'll go to the cia put ultimately the government speaks with one voice. this administration can't blame this component or, it is like, a man blaming his foot if he is charged with kicking somebody. the president is in charge. he is the commander-in-chief. he is not the meteorologist in chief. he is the commander-in-chief. he said the minute i learned of this attack, which, presumes to me that it was while it was ongoing because it lasted for six...